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Aryalómë
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 Posted - 04 Mar 2011 : 23:39:25
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What are your favorite fantasy settings other than FR? Why? What are your favorite races in those settings?
Mne are:
Everquest-I love this setting!!! High Elves are my favorite race, they are my second favorite fantasy race of all tme, right after Star Elves. My other favorite iare the Dark Elves, the are my favorite Dark Elves of all settings!
Warhammer-absolutely amazing!!! Many of the places in the world of Warhammer are anagolous to places in the real world. High Elves agan, third favorite of all tme. Dark Elves second, as usual. These Dark Elves are quite different from others however, they don't live ndergrond and have pale sln. But they mak the Drow look like kittes when comparng cruelty!!
The Elder Scrolls-I can't find he words to describe this one.... Yet again High Elves, ththey rock my word And yes, Dark Elves as second. These Dark Elves are different to; they aren't evil, they are quite good actually, but still dark.
Elf Language Names:
Everquest-
High Elf-Koada'dal
Dark Elf-Tier'Dal
Warhammer:
High Elf-Asur
Dark Elf-Druchii
The Elder Scrolls:
High Elf-Altmer
Dark Elf-Dunmer
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Chosen of Asmodeus
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Posted - 05 Mar 2011 : 00:04:08
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I'm a fan of the Elder Scrolls, looking forward to Skyrim later this year. I also used to be very big into Warcraft, but started falling out of love with it around the time Wrath of the Lich King was released and have since mostly given up on it. Currently I'm a big fan of Dragon Age, looking forward to getting DA2 next week. The Legacy of Kain setting is one of my favorites.
I'm also taking a shining to the 4e default setting, Points of Light. Has enough of a foundation to make it interesting while leaving it very much open to world building. |
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Aryalómë
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Posted - 05 Mar 2011 : 00:09:15
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| Ohhhh I love DragonAge too!!!!! My Elf plus Zevran = :D I'm so vexedthat you can't create acharacteri thesecond one. The table top to DA is cool too. Could you givee some info on Points of Light? I was wondering what the default campaign setting was sonce no oneGreyhawk anymore. |
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Dennis
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Posted - 05 Mar 2011 : 00:39:40
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Feist's Midkemia and Kelewan. They feel like the RW, yet so different in many special ways. They're also abound with several interesting races, including elves who are far less annoying than their Realms counterparts. And they have a good system of magic, interesting pantheons, and a vast, colorful history. Pug, of course, is the prime character who continues to draw me in the setting. A Feist novel feels incomplete without him. I'm looking forward to the release of A Kingdom Besieged next month, where the worlds-shattering Chaos Wars will finally be detailed. |
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Markustay
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Posted - 05 Mar 2011 : 01:14:39
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Hmmmm... a favorite? Tough one...
Middle-Earth will ALWAYS hold a special place in my heart, being the first fantasy World I enjoyed. Narnia is a close second.
Greyhawk (and Mystara a little bit) because they were 'the first' RPG settings I ran - I still smile every time I see one of my GH books. Wilderlands of High Fantasy (Judge's Guild) because thats what my first DM used, and Glorantha, because I both played in it and ran it in those early days.
Comics - Elfquest
TV - Land of the Lost
Cartoon - Thundarr the Barbarian
Movies - I love the 'modern fantasy' worlds of the Underworld and Hellboy movies.
Novels - SO many favorites... I think I prefer humano-centric worlds, like WoT and SoT, although I also enjoy the high fantasy of Mithgar (probably because it reminds me so much of Middle Earth). I also love the world-hopping aspects of World of Tiers and Chronicles of Amber, as well as Elric of Melniboné and Moorcock's other series/characters.
Opera and Music aren't really 'settings', but anything by Wagner.
As for games, I listed a few of the RPG ones above. I really love the miniature (mass battles) worlds of Warhammer and Warmachine - both are outstanding.
I like Athas (Darksun), but never got to play it. The same for Planescape & Ravenloft. The rest of TSR/WotC's worlds are too generic to really hold my attention (and some of SJ's material is sillier then GH's ever was).
Outside the box, I like Deadlands/Weird West, because the idea of fantasy old-west really appeals to me (I was a HUGE fan of Wild, Wild West as a kid). In fact, that's a sub-genre of another genre I like - Steampunk - so I guess Girl Genius and League of Extraodinary Gentlemen get an honorable mention. Throw in some horror and you have Gothic Earth, a sub-setting of RL and highly underated (another setting I would have loved to run).
There are bits and pieces of most settings I borrow, like the Benders from Avatar, the Ninja clans from Naruto, and the magical military of Full Metal Alchemist (does anyone else think Alphonse looks like a Helmed Horror?) That's why I could never really pick a favorite (other then FR  ).
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Halidan
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Posted - 05 Mar 2011 : 01:50:23
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Middle Earth would have to be my favorite literary setting. But only if you include the extra detail that I.C.E. added. I think they really captured the feel of what Tolkien created and would have added himself if RPG's were around in his day.
Tekemul from Empire of the Petal Throne would be my favorite non-Realms RPG setting. I hd the pleasure to play in David Sutherland III's EPT campaign in Lake Geneva and he reallymade the setting come to life. For those of you not familiar with EPT, it's a very non-western setting, much more like India or other Middle to Far Eastern societies. |
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Light
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Posted - 05 Mar 2011 : 02:20:21
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Originally posted by Chosen of Asmodeus
Currently I'm a big fan of Dragon Age, looking forward to getting DA2 next week.
Wow, DA2 comes out next week, I had no idea it was so soon.
I'd have to agree with the DA world and Elder Scrolls. My own contribution will have to be Brent Week's 'Midcyru' world. It's so gritty and dark, such a contrast to so many fantasy, that I can't help but fall in love with it. |
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Dennis
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Posted - 05 Mar 2011 : 02:40:43
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Originally posted by Light
My own contribution will have to be Brent Week's 'Midcyru' world. It's so gritty and dark, such a contrast to so many fantasy, that I can't help but fall in love with it.
While I like how he made his characters as real as they can be, I don't think world-building is his strength. It's definitely something he still has to work on more. His descriptions of the setting are so minimal that 90% is left to the reader's imagination. Perhaps, if he hasn't yet, he should read and learn from the "greats" of fantasy [Tolkien, Feist, Martin, Jordan, Eddings, King...], who all showed an outstanding talent in world-building. |
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Diffan
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Posted - 05 Mar 2011 : 04:08:13
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Hmmmmmm, interesting question.
Aside from FR, there are quite a few I've gandered at and a few more I'd really love to try. Eberron is actually quite fun when you want a little "steam-punk" theme with artificers, warforged, etc... running around the place. And the world itself is fully mapped out and can provide a lot of Lore if you'd like. The best part is, no RSE and the novels can be canon if you want them to be (or not).
Another one I've always wanted a go at is World of Warcraft. I have the original RPG player's supplement (for revised 3rd edition) and I've always felt that would've been a lot of fun to play. But none of my players want to try WoW *sigh*
We've done some d20 Modern (Resident Evil) stuff that was a crap-load of fun and so different than what we're normally used to. I placed the setting in my home town of Pittsburgh and it's a zombie game, so it fit perfectly. I then had the PCs working for Umbrella to try to clean up their mess within the "Red Zone" (pretty much a 25 mile radius of downtown Pittsburgh). It got really intersting when I had Umbrella Corp working in tandum with UPMC (our big medical operations in the area) as they worked in underground labs on "patients" to perfect the Virus. Anyways, zombie d20 was a lot of fun.
I think, though, if I had to completely do a setting that no one I know has really done it'd be Magic: The Gathering. The lore is all right there. The problem is how much of the setting do you try to tie into the mechanics of the game. How do you split up the 8 schools of magic into 5 separate colors and what about the fact that there are no Deities for clerics and the divine classes to pray to? Planeswalkers are close, but they don't dole out Divine Power. If I ever do plan to run this setting, it'll probably have to be with 4E as I think the mechanics of magic work more in tandum with how the setting works.
Edit: Just read Wooly's post and I'd have to 2nd Golarion as a really awesome campaign setting. Paizo's adventures alone are tons of fun to play through and they don't care if their themese are more adult. Biggest problem I have with 4E's adventures now is that they're waaay to "kid friendly". I want gore, I want interesting plots that deal with some heavy sh....er stuff! |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
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Posted - 05 Mar 2011 : 04:08:24
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Originally posted by Dennis
Feist's Midkemia and Kelewan. They feel like the RW, yet so different in many special ways. They're also abound with several interesting races, including elves who are far less annoying than their Realms counterparts. And they have a good system of magic, interesting pantheons, and a vast, colorful history. Pug, of course, is the prime character who continues to draw me in the setting. A Feist novel feels incomplete without him. I'm looking forward to the release of A Kingdom Besieged next month, where the worlds-shattering Chaos Wars will finally be detailed.
Agreed! 
I'm also a fan of Golarion, any world Weis & Hickman write about, the Dresdenverse (as the gamebooks call it), and the Iron Kingdoms.
And I know that for the Sage, one of his favorite fantasy settings is that alternate BattleTech universe where the Capallens are actually cool. Unfortunately, no one else knows a thing about that one...  |
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Alystra Illianniis
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Posted - 05 Mar 2011 : 04:15:43
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| Elder Scrolls, The multi-dimensional setting of Robert Aspirin's "Myth" series (I'm sensing a Planescape adventure there), Xanth, Pern, Narnia, Warcraft (pre-WoW), Krynn, and the setting from the Mercadian block of Magic the Gathering are all favorites. I'm fond of Peter David's imaginative setting from Sir Apropos of Nothing, and I'd love to add some Star Wars and Star Trek material to Spelljammer just for giggles. |
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Chosen of Moradin
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Posted - 05 Mar 2011 : 04:15:53
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Besides FR, I have a deep love of the Hiborean lands of Conan, Middle-Earth and I like too much of Dragon Age game.
And I have a lot of Dragonlance, Planescape and Dark Sun stuff gathered, to the very few moments when I feel tired of walk in Faerûn. |
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Alystra Illianniis
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Chosen of Moradin
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Posted - 05 Mar 2011 : 04:34:16
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Yeah, the lands of conana and Red sonya are great, too. And I LOVE Dragon Age!
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Dalor Darden
Great Reader
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Posted - 05 Mar 2011 : 06:01:25
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My favorite worlds are (aside from the Forgotten Realms, which would be number 2 in this list ahead of Greyhawk):
Hyboria: I don't actually like the "Age of Conan" but the long history of it all. The main reason I like it is that I grew up reading Conan Magazines (the black and white...not the comics), and it just stuck. The evil of the Stygians was obvious; but the thing I liked most was that there really were no good guys in the whole thrice-damnable world! It was REAL in that aspect. Greed, avarice and death cloaked even the most Holy of men...it lived and breathed to me; and mainly through Robert Jordan...as irony would have it, I felt little connection to R.E. Howard's writing.
Forgotten Realms: (putting it here where it belongs in my list)
Greyhawk: I whet my teeth on Dungeons and Dragons in this world. The City of Greyhawk was home to many of my favorite characters; but it was lost in time when I came to the Forgotten Realms.
Golarion: this world is sneaking up on me...and once I get to PLAY in it, I think it will overtake Greyhawk for me. I like how it has many aspects of some of my favorite things like H.P. Lovecraft, Drow I can respect, and Absalom...Absalom just brings back fond memories of Greyhawk City and Lankhmar...so yes, this world is quickly growing on me. I actually made new characters with five of my kids tonight...don't know if we will play; I mainly did it to take their minds off of being so sick (we all have something NASTY...like some alien phlegm plague!).
Mystara: my second world of D&D...home of Dalor Nal'Raesik Darden of the Empire of Alphatia. I was sucked into this world because of the Empire of Alphatia...I thought it was an amazing idea: an Empire ruled by Wizards. It was a simple world though, and I quickly outgrew it because I just didn't like how the Kingdoms were lumped together without very much reasoning. Fun early on though! My DM quickly saw that I was growing tired of this world though...so we went to...
Dragonlance: I liked the novels, loved them...and have used the Dragons of Autumn Twilight on MANY of a new fantasy lover to get them hooked on Dungeons and Dragons. Beyond the novels though, the setting felt too forced; like few others could stand in and make any real difference in the world as it went from one RSE to another. Again though...I LOVE THE NOVELS, by Weis and Hickman.
Westeros: Martin blew me away when he killed my favorite character in the first novel! You just KNEW that Eddard Stark was going to be the hero of the series and then BLAMMO...he was dead. While the world of Westeros isn't all that original in my opinion, I love Martin's wild ride...you just don't know what in the Hades is going to happen to the characters. I love it when an author can sell books without riding the tail of the same character day in and day out. I have my favorite characters in the Realms that I don't want to see dead (like Elminster actually); but I'm glad Martin offers me this kind of writing!
Wheel of Time: I wasn't sure where to put this one. I like the world, like it alot; but I guess I could just never get past the men not being able to use magic like the women...it just never clicked with me. I mean, I LOVE Jordan (or Rigney Jr...whichever you want to call him); but as popular as these novels are (and the game was kinda cool too) I just couldn't place it even close to Jordan's Conan work that I loved so much.
Lankhmar: I never got to play much here; but the city was just awesome. I loved the gritty feel of it and the corruption and reality of how it was laid out. I often felt like it belonged in a "better world" and fortunately, Absalom of Golarion sorta does this for me!
Man...I could go on with a few more; but that is good enough I think! LOL 
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The Sage
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Posted - 05 Mar 2011 : 06:56:00
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I think it's fair to say that I'm a fan of practically everything TSR/WotC have published. And my libraries of gaming books [note, I said libraries] are a testament to that.
Aside from those traditional fantasy elements, though, I also tend to favour most other settings that have been brought up here. And, so, rather than repeat them, I'll just add a few [that I can remember] that haven't been mentioned so far, an:-
- Monte Cook's Diamond Throne setting
- FFG's Midnight
- Discworld
- China Miéville's various works
- Anything from the Gaiman-mythos
- Castlemourn
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Light
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Posted - 05 Mar 2011 : 08:13:08
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Originally posted by Dennis
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Originally posted by Light
My own contribution will have to be Brent Week's 'Midcyru' world. It's so gritty and dark, such a contrast to so many fantasy, that I can't help but fall in love with it.
While I like how he made his characters as real as they can be, I don't think world-building is his strength. It's definitely something he still has to work on more. His descriptions of the setting are so minimal that 90% is left to the reader's imagination. Perhaps, if he hasn't yet, he should read and learn from the "greats" of fantasy [Tolkien, Feist, Martin, Jordan, Eddings, King...], who all showed an outstanding talent in world-building.
I see what you're saying. I guess my cult-like fanaticism over this series clouds my judgment at times. Often with questions like these I just think about my favourite books, movies etc. In my opinion Tolkien, Feist and all the others waste too much time with description and it seems forever until the story itself progresses. However one of the reasons I do like this setting is that it is so un-tolkienish. It seems that almost every fantasy book has elves living in harmony with nature shooting longbows and grumpy dwarves with braided beards drinking mead and crafting axes. Some would say that these are some of the very things that defines fantasy though. With Brent Week's world there is none of this however and it really seems to be a unique, refreshing world. |
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Dennis
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Posted - 05 Mar 2011 : 08:28:41
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Originally posted by Light
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Originally posted by Dennis
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Originally posted by Light
My own contribution will have to be Brent Week's 'Midcyru' world. It's so gritty and dark, such a contrast to so many fantasy, that I can't help but fall in love with it.
While I like how he made his characters as real as they can be, I don't think world-building is his strength. It's definitely something he still has to work on more. His descriptions of the setting are so minimal that 90% is left to the reader's imagination. Perhaps, if he hasn't yet, he should read and learn from the "greats" of fantasy [Tolkien, Feist, Martin, Jordan, Eddings, King...], who all showed an outstanding talent in world-building.
In my opinion Tolkien, Feist and all the others waste too much time with description and it seems forever until the story itself progresses.
Sometimes, yes. I almost gave up Shadow of a Dark Queen when I reached the middle and found little progress in the story. But somehow I read on, and was glad I did finish it. It would have been a bit confusing had I jumped to Rage of a Demon King. Ever since Darkwar though, Feist's novels tend to be fast-paced. Jordan, on the other hand, needed those extra pages for descriptions. I don't really mind, as I like how they make the setting so vivid.
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Originally posted by Light
It seems that almost every fantasy book has elves living in harmony with nature shooting longbows and grumpy dwarves with braided beards drinking mead and crafting axes. Some would say that these are some of the very things that defines fantasy though. With Brent Week's world there is none of this however and it really seems to be a unique, refreshing world.
The uniqueness of Midcyru is not what draws me in. It's the characters, especially Kylar, Durzo, and Momma K. |
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Light
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Posted - 05 Mar 2011 : 08:36:20
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Originally posted by Dennis
The uniqueness of Midcyru is not what draws me in. It's the characters, especially Kylar, Durzo, and Momma K.
Oh don't get me wrong, I am also primarily drawn in by the characters and ever since reading the NA trilogy I have been trying to create characters of a similar caliber (as a wannabe author myself). |
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Aryalómë
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666 Posts |
Posted - 05 Mar 2011 : 11:10:50
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Brynweir
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Posted - 05 Mar 2011 : 12:29:29
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My own contribution will have to be Brent Week's 'Midcyru' world. It's so gritty and dark, such a contrast to so many fantasy, that I can't help but fall in love with it.
While I like how he made his characters as real as they can be, I don't think world-building is his strength. It's definitely something he still has to work on more. His descriptions of the setting are so minimal that 90% is left to the reader's imagination. Perhaps, if he hasn't yet, he should read and learn from the "greats" of fantasy [Tolkien, Feist, Martin, Jordan, Eddings, King...], who all showed an outstanding talent in world-building.
I see what you're saying. I guess my cult-like fanaticism over this series clouds my judgment at times. Often with questions like these I just think about my favourite books, movies etc. In my opinion Tolkien, Feist and all the others waste too much time with description and it seems forever until the story itself progresses. However one of the reasons I do like this setting is that it is so un-tolkienish. It seems that almost every fantasy book has elves living in harmony with nature shooting longbows and grumpy dwarves with braided beards drinking mead and crafting axes. Some would say that these are some of the very things that defines fantasy though. With Brent Week's world there is none of this however and it really seems to be a unique, refreshing world.
I have read so many books that often the world doesn't matter as much to me as the characters. The characters in NA Trilogy were so real, people you could love and hate and actually want to read more about. That rarely happens for me anymore.
As for favorite settings, I like Midcyru but I like Middle Earth, Midkemia, as well. I know people will yell, but I like Athera (I think it was) from Janny Wurts the Wars of Light and Shadow. I adore her characters and her use of irony, and I like that the "fantasy" creatures are mostly legends... waiting to return. |
Anyone who likes to read something that's really dark and gritty and completely awesome ought to read The Night Angel Trilogy by Brent Weeks. You can check out a little taste at www.BrentWeeks.com I should probably warn you, though, that it is definitely not PG-13 :-D
He also started a new Trilogy with Black Prism, which may even surpass the Night Angel Trilogy in its awesomeness.
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
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Posted - 05 Mar 2011 : 13:26:22
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Nobody else here likes Warhamme or Everquest?
Oh, I like WARHAMMER. In fact, I've been a fan since almost the earliest rules-set. Though, I'm really more inclined toward WARHAMMER 40,000 these -- which kind falls outside the category of fantasy that trad's looking for here. |
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Chosen of Moradin
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Posted - 05 Mar 2011 : 15:38:40
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Nobody else here likes Warhamme or Everquest?
Oh, I like WARHAMMER. In fact, I've been a fan since almost the earliest rules-set. Though, I'm really more inclined toward WARHAMMER 40,000 these -- which kind falls outside the category of fantasy that trad's looking for here.
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Wooly Rupert
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Posted - 05 Mar 2011 : 16:42:48
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Originally posted by The Sage
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Originally posted by tradwitch1313
Nobody else here likes Warhamme or Everquest?
Oh, I like WARHAMMER. In fact, I've been a fan since almost the earliest rules-set. Though, I'm really more inclined toward WARHAMMER 40,000 these -- which kind falls outside the category of fantasy that trad's looking for here.
I, like Sage, am more of a fan of 40k, myself. Though I have been tinkering with the idea of bringing a single Space Marine into the Realms...
I have no knowledge of Evercrack... When it first came out, my roommate got into it. And I saw him literally spend 10 hours a day in front of his computer, on occasion. It was the only computer in the apartment, and it was often quite difficult to get in a little internet time myself. His girlfriend actually complained that the game was getting more of his time than she was.
Plus, among our circle of friends, almost everyone played Evercrack. So when we got together, that was all that was ever talked about.
I was interested in the game, but I simply was not getting the opportunity to play, and between that, seeing my friend not move for hours at a time, and constantly hearing about it, it destroyed my interest in it. |
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GMWestermeyer
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Posted - 05 Mar 2011 : 17:11:01
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I tend not to have favorite races.
Aside from FR...
Greyhawk was one of my first settings. Also the X1 Isle of Dread World, I hesitate to call it Mystara because when i played it that stuff didn't exist yet.
Middle Earth of course, is the gold standard by which other imaginary worlds shouldbe judged.
Lankhmar is the best city in fantasy fiction, Waterdeep and Greyhawk are imitations of Lieber's metropolis.
Spelljammer is my favorite TSR setting, including FR. I love the openness to it, and the fact that WotC has forgotten about it. Better no new products then WotC products.
For non-TSR game settings, I love Space:1899, which I combine with TSR's Masque of the Red Death Gothic Earth setting. And, of course, Star Wars.
I've lately been getting into real world history settings. I've started a GURPS World War II campaign set in mid-1940 with the players as SOE agents. |
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Dalor Darden
Great Reader
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Posted - 05 Mar 2011 : 20:37:35
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Originally posted by tradwitch1313
Nobody else here likes Warhamme or Everquest?
Warhammer? No, never took a liking to it. I liked the Warhammer Fantasy battles...but not really the world they were set in.
As for Everquest...yes; I've played that game (and still do) since nearly the time it came out. My first character (which I still have) was named Heldann, a Barbarian Warrior. Back then, making the run from Halas to Freeport to take part in trade was a rough one if you weren't high enough level.
I sort of dropped playing EQ, except for rarely, when the damnable Planes of Power came out and people could just go to the Plane of Knowledge via a book and then safely go to another book that took them to the city they wanted to go to. Pretty much ruined the game for me...I was really into my wizard at the time, and they ruined my Platinum making Teleportation biz!
It is a cool world though...and I still have the tabletop RPG too; but I've never played it. |
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skychrome
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Posted - 05 Mar 2011 : 22:34:27
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For me it is important to have a setting that is still "alive" with lots of fans. In thi sense FR is by far number one for me. If it was not for this criteria, then the alternatives for me would be:
1) Titan by Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson. I loved their game books and their world has this chaotic, anarchic fantasy flair that I really love. Actually I really wished FR had more of this flavor, it seems almost a bit "clean" in comparison to Titan.
2) Planescape. I love this sensation of options and planar travel.
3) Middle Earth. What else to say? I love it because it has this melancholic atmosphere about it, which few settings have.
4) DSA / The Dark Eye. Nice setting. Has its charms.
5) Dune. Awesome and complex setting. |
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Dennis
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Posted - 06 Mar 2011 : 00:35:08
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I'm also captivated by Magic: The Gathering. So many planes to explore. I like its current focus on the several great planeswalkers, especially Jace, Tezzeret, and Chandra. Jeff Grubb's classics are also a treasure. I hope he'll write more MTG novels, and Ari Marmell should, too. Though I don't think Chandra, or any other planewalker, should be entrusted to Resnick again. She better stick to romance, and forget fantasy. Her style is so un-MTG. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 06 Mar 2011 : 00:59:08
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| The "Ravinica" set from MTG really intrigued me... as I love the concept and imagery of a city-state which encompasses an entire plane. It kind if reflects what I've been trying to do with my work on Zhoth'ilam. |
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Dennis
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Posted - 06 Mar 2011 : 01:11:55
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Originally posted by The Sage
The "Ravinica" set from MTG really intrigued me... as I love the concept and imagery of a city-state which encompasses an entire plane. It kind if reflects what I've been trying to do with my work on Zhoth'ilam.
Indeed. It even has its own trilogy.
Marmell's Agents of Artifice is also set [partly] in Ravnica. Though he hardly focused on it. |
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Dennis
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Posted - 06 Mar 2011 : 01:37:24
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Originally posted by tradwitch1313
Nobody else here likes Warhamme or Everquest?
I like Warhammer, too. But I dislike how weak their wizards are. |
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Favorite Fantasy Settings
